Labels:text | font | screenshot | document OCR: 1937 Born on March 6 in Maslennikovo, Russia. After finishing her education she works in a tire factory and then a cotton mill. Her hobby is parachuting. 1961 Tereshkova (who by now is head of the cotton- mill workers' parachute club and secretary of the local Young Communists League) enquires about becoming a cosmonaut. 1962 February 16, Tereshkova is one of five female cosmonauts selected to train for spaceflight. 1963 June 16, Tereshkova is launched into space on board Vostok 6. She becomes the first woman and the first civilian ever to fly in space. She is made a Hero of the Soviet Union on her return from space. 1967 Becomes the first space traveler to enter politics when she is elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet (the Soviet parliament). 1971 Becomes a member of the Central Com ...
